Berit Aljand (born 8 July 1985) is an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n swimmer. She was born in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

. Her twin sister Triin and younger brother

Martti The IV District, also known as Martti ( Finnish; ''Martinsbacken'' in Swedish), is one of the central districts of Turku, Finland. It is located on the east side of the river Aura, between ''Tervahovinkatu'' in the west and ''Betaniankatu'' ...

are also swimmers. Her father Riho Aljand is a swimming coach, and her grandmother,

Ulvi Voog Ulvi Indrikson (née Voog; born 18 February 1937) is an Estonian former freestyle swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 100 m a ...

(Indrikson) is a former Olympic swimmer.Triin Aljand
sports-reference.com In 2010 she graduated from Louisiana State University in international relations speciality. She started her swimming exercising in 1992, coached by his father. She has competed at the

World Aquatics Championships The World Aquatics Championships, formerly the FINA World Championships, are the World Championships for six aquatic disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. The championships are st ...

. She is multiple-times Estonian champion in different swimming disciplines. 2000-2007 she was a member of Estonian national swim team. She lives in Washington, DC.

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Living people 1985 births Estonian female backstroke swimmers Estonian emigrants to the United States Swimmers from Tallinn {{Estonia-swimming-bio-stub